Bundle Up

I met some friends for coffee on Sunday...it was about 36 degrees that day. That's COLD for Paris! I know, I know. I'm from Minnesota...but in Minnesota we have central heating. It's just not the same thing. When it's 36 degrees in Paris, you know it and you're cold. It helps to say it in celcius degrees...that's only like 2°C. Much more threatening! Anyway, I went to meet friends and I was happily greeted by five faces with rosy cheeks, five heads with matted down winter hat hair and five bodies bundle up with turtle necks and sweaters. C'est l'hiver, quoi! People dressed FOR WINTER! I liked that. It's kinda cold and uncomfortable...but it helps you appreciate a steaming cup of coffee or a hot chocolate, you feel so lucky to get the spot next to the radiator and you bundle up. People in the Midwest like to talk about how much they love "the seasons"... well, what season is it in your heated garage? Paris winters are dark (even an hour less daylight than the northlands of Minnesota!), grey, dreary and cold. Pretty miserable. But we're all in it together :) And oh how much sweeter the spring...